24’s Eleventh Anniversary
24 premiered eleven years ago on November 6, 2001. Happy birthday 24! Here’s the very first trailer for the original season to look back on. Hopefully we’ll have some 24 movie news to look forward to next year.
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Xbox 360 Fox Broadcast app allows ’24’ streaming
Xbox Live Gold subscribers who are also Dish or Verizon FIOS customers now have access to the FOX Broadcast app on the Xbox 360. It offers next-day access to FOX programs including Family Guy and Fringe, and also has classic shows like House and most importantly 24! The app includes Kinect integration that will allow…
Elisha Cuthbert Engaged to NHL Star Dion Phaneuf
Congrats to 24‘s Elisha Cuthbert who was engaged to NHL star Dion Phaneuf this Labor Day weekend. Cuthbert and Phaneuf, who plays for the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, began dating in 2008 and held an engagement party Sunday at the New Glasgow Lobster house in Prince Edward Island, Canada, with about 40 guests in attendance,…
24: The Complete Series DVD box set is Amazon’s Deal of the Day
The 24: Complete Series DVD box set is Amazon’s Deal of the Day, on sale for just $114.99 which is a whopping 67% savings off MSRP. With Father’s Day rapidly approaching, you might want to give the gift of 24. There are 56 discs with all eight seasons and the 24: Redemption television movie, plus…
Happy Birthday, Kiefer Sutherland!
Today is Kiefer Sutherland’s 45th birthday – he was born on December 21, 1966 in London, England. Happy Birthday, Kiefer! 2012 is set to be a very big year for the actor. First up is the DVD release of The Confession on January 24th. A day later his new drama series Touch will air a…
Anil Kapoor buys TV rights to 24, makes Indian adapation
Here’s a surprise – 24‘s Anil Kapoor (who starred as Omar Hassan in the final season) has purchased the rights to the television series and will be making an Indian adaptation. Kapoor will play the role of Jack Bauer and plans to cast “top actors” in the leading roles. Anil Kapoor has bought the rights…
24’s Tenth Anniversary
Today marks 24‘s tenth anniversary – the show premiered on November 6, 2001 to critical acclaim. Although the ratings weren’t great at first, FOX believed in the show and stuck with it. They aired the seventh episode of the series several days early at 3:00 AM just so it would meet the deadline to be…
24 in the top 10 Tivo’ed shows
Tivo has released data on the top 10 most DVR’ed shows since they started compiling data in October 2007. 24 has made the list at number seven. And when you take into account that the show was off the air for a whole year due to the writers strike which delayed Season 7, that’s pretty…
Francesco Quinn (24’s Syed Ali) has passed away
Sad news to report – 24 alumni Francesco Quinn has passed away today at the age of 48 while playing with his ten year old son. Francesco suffered from a severe heart attack; paramedics arrived at his Malibu home but were unable to revive him. 24 fans will remember Francesco Quinn as Syed Ali, leader…
NCIS: LA Season 3 Premiere plays out in real-time
Although 24 may be over, it seems like other television dramas will be making use of the real-time gimmick. The NCIS: Los Angeles Season 3 premiere titled “Lange, H.” will play out in real time, 24-style, according to a tweet from TV Line’s Matt Mitovich. NCIS: LA season 3 is currently scheduled to premiere September…
24 series staying put on Netflix Instant Watch
Good news – you may remember the story we posted earlier this month about 24 (and all other FOX shows) expiring from Netflix on April 1st. Well, that did indeed happen early this morning, but only for about an hour or two. The titles are back online and staying put for the next several years.…
Meet Tom Brown, ’24’ Tattoo Guy
UK 24 fan Tom Brown just recently got his seventh 24 tattoo. First was the 24 logo on his thumbs. Then came the 24 logo behind his ears for his 24th birthday. Then Jack Bauer, then Tony Almeida. David Palmer was next and Renee Walker after that. Now today he’s added Charles Logan. Check out…
24 Seasons 1-7 expiring on Netflix April 1st
Update: Netflix has signed a new multi-year deal with FOX, so 24 is back on the service. More details here. According to Instant Watcher which uses the Netflix API, the first seven seasons of 24 are being pulled from the service on April 1st (exactly one year after they were added). If you were planning…
24 makes Cracked’s list of “Classic Series You Didn’t Know Were Made Up on the Fly”
While this probably doesn’t come as a surprise to 24 fans, the series has made Cracked.com’s list of “6 Classic Series You Didn’t Know Were Made Up on the Fly”. Other shows included on the list are Star Wars, The X-Files, 2004’s Battlestar Galactica, Twin Peaks, and Lost. Here’s what they had to say about…
Castle airs ’24’ inspired episode
Hit ABC series Castle aired a 24 style episode last night in which the characters were tasked with finding a dirty bomb set to go off in New York City that same day. Castle tells his teenage daughter to leave the city but warns her not to call her boyfriend as word may spread and…